The weekly messenger., 1887-09-03
they found that the sleight-of-hand man
had MIXED him of all the money.


had MIXED him of all the money.
Az Indiana farmer, who told his boys
TO burn every humble bees nest they
found ON the farm, and who was COM
planning at the failure of his clover seed
crop, was surprised when Maurice
Thompson the naturalist, said: "That
is why your clover seed fails you. Bum
ble bees make your clover seed" 1t is
fact that a strong nest OF humble bees
il big clover field is worth $50 to the
owner; for these insects are the chief
agents IN fertilizing the blossoms, there
by insuring heavy crop of seed. In
Australia there are no humble bees of
our kind, and they could not raise clover
seed until they imported some.
WILLIAM HARDING, of New Haven
who died last week on the day set for
his marriage, had previously said that
he should die on that day, but as the
hour for the ceremony approached he
seemed much better and his friends
hoped for a favorable turn of the dis
ease. He was propped up in bed and
made the requisite responses with
voice so firm that those who were pres
ent felt all the more encouraged. As
soon as it was over, however, all strength
seemed to leave him, he sank back on
his pillow, became unconscious, and
within two hours was dead.
AN old cavalryman SAYS that q horse
will never step on man Intentionally.
1t is standing order with cavalry that
should a man become dismounted he
must lie down and be perfectly still. II
he does SO the entire company will pass
over him and he will not be injured. A
h.iorse notices where he is going and is
on the lookout for firm foundation to
put his foot on. Ii is an instinct with
him, therefore, to step over PROSTATE
man. The injuries caused by runaway
horse, are nearly always inflicted - the
animal knocking people down ard not
by his stepping on them.
AN Albany barber says tuas therc's
not half the danger in being shaved
from the public cups in barber shop
as in being brushed with the public hair
brush. He says "Half Of the badness
in the world is caused by the indiscrimi-
nate Use of brushes in barber shops.
Badness is usually preceded by seal
ing of the head. This is sort of disease.
When a barber brushes mans hair
whose scalp is diseased and uses the
same brush on healthy scaln. what cay
You expect? That is why so few women
axe bald. They never go to barber
shops"
OBADIAH WHEELocK, of Philadelphia,
hanged himself, leaving a fortune OF
$685. Testimony recently taken be-
fore the Register of Wills shows the cur.
ious whims of the old man. A carpen-
ter testified that Wheelock hired him TO
put up swing and cut a hole in the
ceiling so that when he swung his head
would go up through the hole. lie had
holes cut in the wall into which he could
stick his feet, and also trap-doors in tie
floor. He got the witness to buy him
1.5O0 feet of manila rope, which he had
cut into different lengths, to use for
swing.
"WHAT DO you call full cara" was
asked the conductor Of street car IL
Philadelphia. "Forty-two," he ans
wered promptly. Twelve on each side,
provided there are no fat women OF
fashionable danes with big bustlea.
that's twenty-four. Nine straps on each
side afford standing accommodation for
eighteen more" "But this car has fifty
five in il now2" "Wcll, is crowded
now, but forty-two, not counting baskets
and bundles, is nice, comfortable car
load, not too hard on the hvr:es. .--WI;-
de.Ptia CdR.
THIS was the way a country black
smith was seen removing that portion
of an ax handle from the AK tha: remain
ed in the eye, the break being close to
the iron. The wood couldnot be driven
out, and as nails had been driven in at
the end, it could not be bored ont. He
4 rova yba hik Of cbor,, a,lca into cop,o